The touted Lincoln dominance of the film awards season seemed to falter before it had even gathered momentum last night as Steven Spielberg's US president biopic bagged only one of the Golden Globes awards it was nominated for.

And he even got a ribbing from hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for 'appearing in ET when he was younger'. Still, his humble acceptance speech was characteristically humble, and can be viewed in the video player just above.

"If I had this on a timeshare basis with my wonderful gifted colleagues, I might just hope to keep it for one day of the year, and I'd be happy with that," said Day-Lewis, who previously won a Globe for There Will Be Blood and is a two-time Oscar winner.

Les Miserables (three wins - for best supporting actress, Anne Hathaway, best actor comedy or musical, Hugh Jackman and best picture comedy or musical) and Django Unchained (two awards - for best screenplay, Quentin Tarantino and best supporting film actor, Christoph Waltz) seem to have been big beneficiaries of the no-show of the expected Lincoln vote.

In a rapid-fire speech, Affleck gushed over the names of other nominees presenter Halle Berry had read off: Steven Spielberg for Lincoln, Ang Lee for Life of Pi, Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty and Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained.

"Look, I don't care what the award is. When they put your name next to the names she just read off, it's an extraordinary thing in your life," he said.

Affleck now finds himself in the unusual position of taking home the top trophy at the season's second biggest bash knowing that he has no chance of winning an Oscar.

And with the Academy Award for best picture not usually going to a flick whose director has not been nominated, where can Argo go from here?